Ryuta Uraki

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ryuta Uraki is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryuta Uraki has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Infectious Diseases, 25 papers in Epidemiology and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ryuta Uraki's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (22 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (19 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (16 papers). Ryuta Uraki is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (22 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (19 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (16 papers). Ryuta Uraki collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Uganda. Ryuta Uraki's co-authors include Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Erol Fikrig, Seiya Yamayoshi, Jesse Hwang, Andrew K. Hastings, Maki Kiso, Akiko Iwasaki, Kellie A. Jurado, Mutsumi Ito and Sarah Householder and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ryuta Uraki

54 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A human isolate of bovine H5N1 is transmissible and lethal in animal models

2024 52 citations Maki Kiso, Ryuta Uraki et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryuta Uraki United States	22	717	570	463	266	207	56	1.3k
Brett W. Jagger United States	23	736 1.0×	1.4k 2.4×	478 1.0×	593 2.2×	490 2.4×	32	2.0k
Ricardo Khouri Brazil	21	550 0.8×	463 0.8×	942 2.0×	248 0.9×	261 1.3×	97	1.6k
Jillian M. Carr Australia	23	731 1.0×	262 0.5×	729 1.6×	413 1.6×	442 2.1×	72	1.7k
Peeraya Ekchariyawat Thailand	13	809 1.1×	518 0.9×	936 2.0×	280 1.1×	180 0.9×	26	1.4k
José Luiz Proença‐Módena Brazil	23	570 0.8×	352 0.6×	337 0.7×	278 1.0×	191 0.9×	75	1.3k
Kellie A. Jurado United States	17	927 1.3×	289 0.5×	467 1.0×	265 1.0×	439 2.1×	38	1.4k
Ophélie Dejarnac France	6	1.0k 1.4×	415 0.7×	1.2k 2.7×	235 0.9×	172 0.8×	7	1.6k
Fok‐Moon Lum Singapore	22	1.3k 1.8×	451 0.8×	1.3k 2.8×	331 1.2×	337 1.6×	35	2.0k
Nicholas J. Lennemann United States	16	813 1.1×	508 0.9×	526 1.1×	257 1.0×	259 1.3×	25	1.4k
Huailiang Ma China	5	319 0.4×	313 0.5×	297 0.6×	128 0.5×	87 0.4×	6	647

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryuta Uraki

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Uraki, Ryuta, Mutsumi Ito, Maki Kiso, et al.. (2025). An XBB.1.5-based inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine partially protects against XBB.1.5 and JN.1 strains in hamsters. PubMed. 3(1). 7–7.

Uraki, Ryuta, Maki Kiso, Mutsumi Ito, et al.. (2025). An mRNA vaccine encoding the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 receptor-binding domain protects mice from the JN.1 variant. EBioMedicine. 117. 105794–105794. 1 indexed citations

Furusawa, Yuri, Maki Kiso, Ryuta Uraki, et al.. (2025). Amino acid substitutions in NSP6 and NSP13 of SARS-CoV-2 contribute to superior virus growth at low temperatures. Journal of Virology. 99(3). e0221724–e0221724.

Uraki, Ryuta, Masaki Imai, Mutsumi Ito, et al.. (2024). An mRNA vaccine encoding the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain protects mice from various Omicron variants. npj Vaccines. 9(1). 4–4. 7 indexed citations

Chiba, S., Maki Kiso, S. Yamada, et al.. (2024). An mRNA vaccine candidate encoding H5HA clade 2.3.4.4b protects mice from clade 2.3.2.1a virus infection. npj Vaccines. 9(1). 189–189. 6 indexed citations

Halfmann, Peter, Kiyoko Iwatsuki‐Horimoto, Makoto Kuroda, et al.. (2024). Characterization of Omicron BA.4.6, XBB, and BQ.1.1 subvariants in hamsters. Communications Biology. 7(1). 331–331. 6 indexed citations

Kiso, Maki, Seiya Yamayoshi, Shun Iida, et al.. (2023). In vitro and in vivo characterization of SARS-CoV-2 resistance to ensitrelvir. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4231–4231. 38 indexed citations

Kiso, Maki, Yuri Furusawa, Ryuta Uraki, et al.. (2023). In vitro and in vivo characterization of SARS-CoV-2 strains resistant to nirmatrelvir. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3952–3952. 22 indexed citations

Kiso, Maki, Ryuta Uraki, Mutsumi Ito, et al.. (2023). Oral intake of heat-killed Lactiplantibacillus pentosus ONRICb0240 partially protects mice against SARS-CoV-2 infection. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 2 indexed citations

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Kingstad-Bakke, Brock, Boyd L. Yount, Ryuta Uraki, et al.. (2023). Airway surveillance and lung viral control by memory T cells induced by COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. JCI Insight. 8(22). 12 indexed citations

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Ishizaka, Aya, Michiko Koga, Taketoshi Mizutani, et al.. (2023). Antibody induction and immune response in nasal cavity by third dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination. Virology Journal. 20(1). 146–146. 9 indexed citations

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Imai, Masaki, James B. Wing, Hiroaki Shime, et al.. (2022). Mature dendritic cells enriched in regulatory molecules may control regulatory T cells and the prognosis of head and neck cancer. Cancer Science. 114(4). 1256–1269. 18 indexed citations

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Uraki, Ryuta, Masaki Imai, Mutsumi Ito, et al.. (2021). Foxp3+ CD4+ regulatory T cells control dendritic cells in inducing antigen-specific immunity to emerging SARS-CoV-2 antigens. PLoS Pathogens. 17(12). e1010085–e1010085. 15 indexed citations

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Shime, Hiroaki, Makoto Tsuiji, Masaki Imai, et al.. (2020). Proenkephalin⁺regulatory T cells expanded by ultraviolet B exposure maintain skin homeostasis with a healing function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(34). 20696–20705. 50 indexed citations

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Wu, Nicholas C., Seiya Yamayoshi, Mutsumi Ito, et al.. (2018). Recurring and Adaptable Binding Motifs in Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies to Influenza Virus Are Encoded on the D3-9 Segment of the Ig Gene. Cell Host & Microbe. 24(4). 569–578.e4. 33 indexed citations

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Uraki, Ryuta, Andrew K. Hastings, Andrea Gloria‐Soria, Jeffrey R. Powell, & Erol Fikrig. (2018). Altered vector competence in an experimental mosquito-mouse transmission model of Zika infection. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(3). e0006350–e0006350. 11 indexed citations

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Yasuhara, Atsuhiro, Seiya Yamayoshi, Chiharu Kawakami, et al.. (2017). Diversity of antigenic mutants of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus escaped from human monoclonal antibodies. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17735–17735. 20 indexed citations

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Jurado, Kellie A., Michael K. Simoni, Zhonghua Tang, et al.. (2016). Zika virus productively infects primary human placenta-specific macrophages. JCI Insight. 1(13). 133 indexed citations

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Uraki, Ryuta, Subash C. Das, Masato Hatta, et al.. (2014). Hemozoin as a novel adjuvant for inactivated whole virion influenza vaccine. Vaccine. 32(41). 5295–5300. 12 indexed citations

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Kiso, Maki, Ryo Takano, Saori Sakabe, et al.. (2013). Protective efficacy of orally administered, heat-killed Lactobacillus pentosus b240 against influenza A virus. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1563–1563. 49 indexed citations

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